Hair-pin.



J..G. KLEE.

HAIR PIN. APPLICATION FILED NQY. 10', 1917.

1 ,273,872. Patented Jul 30, 1913.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GEORGE KLEEyOF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAIR-PIN.

Application filed November 10, 1917. SerialNo; 201,324.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, JOHN G. KLEE, a citizen of the United States, residing'at' Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hair-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention aims to provide a hair pin peculiarly designed to become effectively locked or engaged with the hair, without becoming entangled in the same, thus preventing casual separation of the pin from the hair and consequent loss of the p One of the chief characteristics of the invention resides in the provision of a pin designed to provide an ornamental portion, which when the pin is in use, is the only portion exposed to view, the pin proper be ing covered by the hair, the ornamental portion further cooperating with the pin proper to afford the latter an effective purchase upon the hair to prevent loss of the pin.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detail description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this specificat ion like numerals of reference indicate similar part-s in the several views and wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan View of the pin constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the manner in which the pin is effectively engaged with the hair.

Before entering into a detail description of what is herein shown, I desire to have it understood that the pin forming the subject matter of the invention may be constructed from any suitable material, preferably a material possessing some degree of resiliency, and may also vary in color and size without departing from the spirit of the invention.

As shown the pin is designed from a single length of material and embodies the spaced parallel limbs 10 which may or may not be corrugated fora portion of their length as at 11. Each limb 10 at a point adjacent the closed end of the pin is bulged outwardly as at 12 in a common direction, while the bulged portions are also extended Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jul so, 191s.

and curved inwardly to provide the intertwisted portion 13 which is disposed in the" medial line of the pin as shown. The strands of the material defining the intertwisted portion 13 are extended to provide an 0rna-' mental portion herein indicated generally at A, the ornamental portion being arranged to be the only part of the pin exposed to view 7 when the pin is engaged in the. hair. In con- 'si'deration of this fact the" portion A may ect in view the ornamental portion A is curved longitudinally, or in other words curved in a direction opposite the curvature of the bulged portions 12 with the point 15 of the heart shaped design lying in a plane with the medial line of the pin, and in a plane slightly above the outer side of the bulged portions 12. The specific disposition of the point 15 of the heart shaped design, with respect to the limbs 10, define a flared entrance passage 16 for the strands of hair, when the pin is engaged with the latter. As hereinabove stated the pin is preferably constructed from resilient material, or from material possessing the requisite degree of resiliency which will maintain the heart shaped portion A normally in the position illustrated in Fig. 2. Consequently when the pin is inserted into the hair, the latter is forced under the pointed extremity 15 of the ornamental portion A, and as the hair enters beneath this portion, it passes over the bulged portions 12 of the limbs 10. Due to the resilientnature of the material from which the pin is constructed the hair is effectively confined between the limbs 10 and the heart shaped portion A, or in other words the portion A irrespective of the particular ornamental design which it may possess. In

this manner the hair is not only effectively maintained in its given position, but the pin in its entirety is prevented from becoming casually deranged or separated from the hair with a consequent loss of the pin. When the pin is inserted Within the hair, the construction is such that the pin proper, including the intertwisted portion 13 is covered by the hair, thus only exposing to view the ornamental portion A.

While it is believed that from the oregoing description the nature and adirantages of the invention Will be readily apparent, I desire to have it understood that What is herein shown and described is merely illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention, to which I do not limit myself, and that such changes in the construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to When desired as fall within the scope of What is claimed.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner or Patents.

What is claimed is a A? hair pin constructed from a single length of material and formed intermediate its ends to provide a substantially heart shaped portion, said pin including spaced parallel limbs disposed at one side of the heart shaped portion, said heart shaped portion being curved longitudinally, bulged portions formed on said limbs, and oppositely curved with respect to the curvature ofthe heart shaped portion, said bulged portions projecting through the heart shaped design, and the pointed extremity of the heart shaped design defining With said limbs a flared entrance passage for the hair.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

Washington, D. 0.

JOHN GEORGE KLEE. 

